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spur

[spur] / spɜr /




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Though Iran complained about Israel’s earlier attacks in southern Lebanon, the strikes did not spur a reaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Both see a need to move homeless people into housing, and both have said that Measure ULA, the city’s tax on high-end property sales, needs to be rewritten to spur apartment construction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Geopolitical risks appear to be a major spur to central bank gold purchases, the ECB said in its report.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

As AI agents spur demand for more software — not less — major enterprise cloud platforms are staging a comeback.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

What is a bone spur? he asked himself.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway




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